END OF WATCH:  March 15, 1989 Solon Police Department Age: 36 Jeffrey B. Olson was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 31, 1952. He lived in Wadsworth, Ohio, for many years and was a 1970 graduate of Wadsworth High School, where he was a member of the varsity baseball team. He graduated from Kent StateRead More

END OF WATCH:  October 14, 1989 Cuyahoga Metro Housing Authority Police Department On Friday afternoon, October 13, 1989, 31 year old Willis Wright confronted and disarmed Officer Alcee McCray at gunpoint. Officer Alcee McCray had been making his rounds of the first floor of C.M.H.A. Building at 1791 West 25th St when Wright accosted him.Read More

END OF WATCH: November 7, 1989 North Olmsted Police Department Age: 62 On August 31, 1984, Aubrey C. Williams was appointed an auxiliary police officer to the North Olmsted Police Department. As with most departments, auxiliary police officers volunteer their services. Aubrey accepted any assignment given to him and filled the position efficiently. On ElectionRead More

END OF WATCH: March 9, 1993 Cleveland Police Department Age: 57   |   Badge #1232 During the first day of the Glenville riots in July, 1968, Cleveland Patrolman Thomas J. Smith was nearly shot to death in a shoot-out with Black Nationalist snipers. He was instantly paralyzed from the waist down as the bulletsRead More

END OF WATCH: August 14, 1994 Garfield Heights Police Department Age: 40 August 14th, 1994, will be forever remembered as one of the most tragic and traumatic dates in the history of the Garfield Heights Police Department. Sgt. Dennis Glivar a 17 year veteran of the Police Department, was fatally wounded in a hail ofRead More

END OF WATCH: December 8, 1994 Garfield Heights Police Department Age: 26 December 8, 1994, is the day that will be forever remembered and never forgotten. December 8, 1994, was the day when officers Stefanov and Brown were killed in an accident while in a high speed vehicle pursuit. Not only were two excellent officersRead More

END OF WATCH: December 8, 1994 Garfield Heights Police Department Age: 30 There was only one thing Bob Stefanov ever wanted to do, follow in his father’s footsteps and be a good police officer. On September 18, 1989, Bob’s dream came true, that’s the day he was appointed a Garfield Heights Patrolman. A few daysRead More

END OF WATCH:  March 22, 1996 Cuyahoga Metro Housing Authority Police Department Officer Derrik Lanier, an off duty police officer for the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority, was working his part time job in a tavern located at 9600 Madison Avenue in Cleveland when he was shot in the back and killed on March 22, 1996.Read More

END OF WATCH:  December 27, 1996 Cleveland Police Department Badge #248 Two days after Christmas, on December 27, 1996, at 11:10 in the evening, Cleveland Police Patrol Officer Edward Claybrooks was working his part-time job providing security for Romitos pizza, 18412 St. Clair Avenue. Officer Claybrooks was seated in his personal vehicle observing the outsideRead More

END OF WATCH: December 30, 1996 Cleveland Police Department Badge #1939 On December 30, 1996 at 2:00 a.m., while most of us were fast asleep in our beds, Cleveland Police Patrol Officer Hilary Cudnik found himself in the middle of every police officers’ nightmare. Officer Cudnik and his partner, Officer Frank Costanzo chased a carRead More